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Social workers’ involvement in advance care planning: a systematic narrative review
BMC Palliative Care, 2017 Background Advance care planning is a process of discussion that enables competent adults to express their wishes about end-of-life care through periods of decisional incapacity.
Chong-Wen Wang +2 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background Dementia is one of the leading causes of dependency and disability among older people and currently the seventh leading cause of death among all diseases.
Annika Tetrault +3 more
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Issues in the development of advance directives in mental health care [PDF]
, 2003 <i>Background</i>: Interest in advance directives in mental health care is growing internationally. There is no clear universal agreement as to what such an advance directive is or how it should function.
Patrick, H. +3 more
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Hope and Advance Care Planning in Patients With End Stage Renal Disease: Qualitative Interview Study [PDF]
, 2006 OBJECTIVE: To understand hope in the context of advance care planning from the perspective of patients with end stage renal disease. DESIGN: Qualitative in-depth interview study.
Simpson, Christy, Davison, Sara N.
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Development and Validation of a Scale for the End of Life Caregiving Appraisal
Asian Nursing Research, 2010 End-of-life caregiving experiences can be complex. Family members experience physical and mental suffering as they anticipate their impending loss. Healthcare providers should be able to provide good quality of end-of-life (EOL) care and support for ...
JuHee Lee, PhD, RN +5 more
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Advance Care Planning: Eliciting Patient Preferences for Life-Sustaining Treatment [PDF]
, 1995 Patient autonomy is a guiding principle in medical decision-making in America. This is challenging when patients become mentally incapacitated and cannot express their preferences. Advance care planning (ACP) addresses this challenge.
Cain, Kevin C. +4 more
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Advance Care Planning in Australia: Progress in research and implementation [PDF]
, 2023 Advance Care Planning in Australia has its foundations in the Respecting Patient Choices model, which was initially implemented in one state. The Australian population is diverse, ageing and geographically dispersed, with health and aged care services ...
Liz Reymond +7 more
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Positive attitudes to advance care planning – a Norwegian general population survey
BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Authorities recommend advance care planning and public acceptance of it is a prerequisite for widespread implementation. Therefore, we did the first study of the Norwegian public with an aim of getting knowledge on their attitudes to issues ...
Trygve Johannes L. Sævareid +2 more
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Experiences With Advance Care Planning: Older People and Family Members' Perspective [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this study is to report the findings of a case study that explored the phenomenon of advance care planning and advanced care directives in residential care settings in Australia.
Jeong, Sarah Yeun-Sim +2 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2022 Background The importance of advance care planning for people with dementia has increased during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. However, family caregivers may have concerns about having conversations regarding advance care planning with their ...
Miharu Nakanishi +4 more
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